Bottle-holder.



No. 856.431. PATBNTBD JUNE 11, 1907.

' A. J. & B. A. SUHM.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.12.1906.

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ARTHUR J. 'SUHM AND EDGAR A. SUHM, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

B-OTTLE-HOLDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed October 12,1906. Serial No. 338,569-

! T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. SUHM and EDGAR A. SUHM, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in.

bottle holders for bottle washing and soaking machines.-

The object of our invention is to provide an inex ensive and durable form of holder Whic will support the bottle securely in an inverted position and in which the bottle will be protected from contact with rigid metallic arts, the holder having a certain degree of exibility which permits the bottle to adjust itself into a secure position, without sufficient resilient reaction to displace the bottle from such-position after it is once adjusted therein. In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in Whlifll, 1 i i Figure 1 is a side view of my invention showing the meeting side edges of the bottle holding shell connected by a retaining piece.

Fig.2 1s a top viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a retan i g prece mdependent of the connection 0 the meeting edges- Fig. 4 iis a side view showing the shell as it is held in position by stitches which embrace the frame bars. Fig.- 5 is a vertical sectional view drawn to a plane, cutting the seam.

Like parts are identified by the same reference v characters throughout the several -"views. An open and downwardly tapered metallic frame is composed of top and bottom rings 1 and 2 and connecting bars 3 with a projecting shoulder 5 ada ted to facilitate its attachment to a suita le support. This frame supports a non-metallic shell 6 in the form of an inverted truncated cone, open at both ends, and having an outwardly curved or rolled upper margin 7 which embraces the upper frame ring 1. From this rolled margin theshell extends downwardly thron -h terial of a comparative the rings 1 and 2. This shell is referab y formed of leather, although other ii rous 1118.-

such as felt, may be employed, if desired. The-meeting ed es of the strip or sheet of material from w ich the shell is formed, are preferably held to ether by an exterior connecting piece 10 w ich is stitched or r veted y inelastic nature to the shell at each side of the seam, near the upper end, and the shell is adjusted to the frame in such a position that the connecting nary lacing or by a metallic fastening of sheet metal as illustrated in Fig. 3. These metallic fastenings are in common use for fastening leather strips together and are provided with prongs (not shown)"which are embedded and clenched in the leather, and the shell held in position by are-tain'ng piece 12 similar to the connecting piece 10 ut located at one side of the seam. The shell may also be held in positio'ni by stitching 13 (Fig; 4) extending over the frame bars 3 and through thewall .of the. shell 1n the intervening spaces near the center of such spaces where suflicient yielding is permitted to compensate for the rejection of the lace on the interior shell sur acel Bottle holders formed in this mannermay be subjected to the action of either hot, 91' cold-waterand when wet, as is the case W/llllB in use, they are soft and flexible, without ma terial resihency. The bdttles may therefore be dropped into them with the utmost carelessness without risk of injury.

The outwardly rolled upper margin of the shell may be secured by pressing the shell in a die after dampening the material of which it is composed. Leather shells made in this manner retain their form through long periods of use. The margin 7 should be rolled outwardly and the edge turned downwardly so as to completely cover the upper portion of the ring '1. The turned down margin 7 should also be secured by stitches or fastenings 14 at the meeting edges to prevent it from straightening out.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is,

1. A bottle holder comprising a down-- wardly tapered metallic frame having side openings and a tapered shell of comparatively inelastic but yielding fibrous material, ex-

tending through thc framc with its upper margin curved outwardly and downwardly over the upper endof the frameand its lower margin extending below the same; said shell having a retaining member connected therewithin the frame 0 ening.

2. A bottle holri as a connecting member for the meeting side edges of the shell.

3. A bottle holder comprising a downwardly tapered metallic frame having side er comprising" a doWnwardly tapered metallic frame having side. openings and a tapered shell of comparativelyinelastic but yie ding' fibrous material, ex-

" tending through the frame with its upper margin curved outwardly and downwardly 7 over the upper end of the frame and its lower margin extending below the frame said shell having a retaining member connected therewithin the frame opening, and serving also as a connecting member for the meeting side edges of the shell, the turned down edges of the upper margin being also secured together 30 at the meeting edges.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signature in the presence of two witnesses. ARTHUR J. SUI-1M. EDGAR- A. SUHM.

Witnesses:

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, OSCAR 'KROEsING. 

